Last modified time: September 27, 2021
Time window: From the first quarter of 2017 to the second quarter of 2021
*1 kBtu=3.412 KWH; 1 kBtu=100.00039 THM
In this part, a series of necessary indicators are established.
In order to conduct cross-analysis between data, I proposed a total of 7 Hypotheses and drew charts of them separately for observation and verification.
Hypothesis 1: The epidemic has an impact on the total commercial energy consumption; Hypothesis 2: The epidemic has an impact on the total residential energy consumption; Hypothesis 3: The epidemic has an impact on the ratio of residential and commercial energy consumption; Hypothesis 4: The epidemic has an impact on the ratio of gas consumption to electricity consumption ( commercial); Hypothesis 5: The epidemic has an impact on the ratio of gas consumption to electricity consumption ( residential); Hypothesis 6: The epidemic has an impact on total gas consumption; Hypothesis 7: The epidemic has an impact on total electricity consumption
For the above seven hypotheses, I added 7 indicators to describe these them separately.
However, by observing the drawn charts, I personally think that only the following three hypotheses are significantly established. (This does not mean that other hypotheses are completely untenable, but to a certain extent, no definite conclusion can be drawn based on the current data and analysis.)
Hypothesis 3: The epidemic has an impact on the ratio of residential and commercial energy consumption; Hypothesis 6: The epidemic has an impact on total gas consumption; Hypothesis 7: The epidemic has an impact on total electricity consumption
Charts and analysis are as follows:
*The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
2.2 Comment on observable changes in energy consumption that may be attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic
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